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  1. Blyleven2011
    Way to early to speculate who goes where , and in today's game if the twins are going to fail , I would want them to fail with their own drafted prospects ,,, We used to build a good team with our own in house players , now not so much .... This isn't working out the way FO had planned im sure ...
  2. Blyleven2011
    Another crazy way to manage the game but the twins did take advantage of a few gifts from the giants to win this ... I'll sleep alittle better even though it was a sloppy game ...
  3. Blyleven2011
    Day off tomorrow and he needed the work because somebody forgot he was a reliable reliever for the other games ....
  4. Blyleven2011
    When do you want to take possession of the farm ... It's top of the ninth and Duran is in to cover Ryan's back as twins lead 7-1 currently ... Haha , glad they are managing a win ....
  5. Blyleven2011
    Falvey always shys away from media when twins are playing bad , 2021 through 2023 ... When they play bad he has no accountability , when they play good he can't wait to get the spotlight ... Nobody in this organization is accountable for anything , players or management ...
  6. Blyleven2011
    I hope I'm wrong but wait one more game and we might be alittle worse , but the way the lineup plays I'd bet the farm we will be 500 after today's game ... I hope the ink hasn't dried on Rocco's contract and FO can say , let's see how the season plays out before we extend you .... This was a bad move and motivates no one ...
  7. Blyleven2011
    And now they have extended his contract until 2025 ,,, WHAT A CROCK ...
  8. Blyleven2011
    These players are getting paid professional money but aren't delivering a professional product except for the starting pitching ... Maybe pitching is where you want to spend your dollars ( bullpen ) ... Now if we only had a consistent hitting team that can have patience and possibly walk , single , double or get on base any way you can ... HIT THEM WHERE THEY AINT ... Yes hitting homeruns is where they ain't , Someone please tell these players and coaches there is plenty of grass for the ball to fall for hits too ... Something needs to change , this just isn't good baseball ... We fired the trainer after 2022 , but retained all of our coaches , and now extended our manager WHAT A CROCK ... Our window of opportunity is closing on us pretty quickly ...
  9. Blyleven2011
    Here a thought , stretched as it may be ... Is it possible that this front office and manager are being paid under the table ( by cleveland or Chicago ) to be the worst team in twins history ... This team does have talent but it always seems that something or someone is holding back that talent and changes aren't made for a better outcome ... I can't believe we just extended our manager during the season , could be my theory may be possible as anyone will do anything for money in today's society ... The FO and manager won't listen to the fans concerns and it's the old timers that actually go to watch the game , the younger ones go to party and don't watch the game .... This was not written by randsballstu
  10. Blyleven2011
    I really don't know what to say about tonight's game ... the pitchers deserves better , Ober off in first inning and 4 runs given up and no more , a 4 run deficit is not hard to come back from .... 27 outs per game and batters strikeout 16 times , again this is not entertaining , 2 errors ... a lineup that had Kirilloff and Julien to start and were replaced by the second inning and there was no injuries , we know Kirilloff can hit lefthanders , to small of a sample with Julien ... This was not a winnable game the way the batters played , they took the field at home and didn't come to play ... Small crowd tonight , watch them get smaller if this is the entertainment they are trying to sell to the true fans , and I mean true passionate fans ... I have been a fan of the twins and all teams in baseball since the sixties ( except for the Yankees ) ... Baseball is a great game and usually isn't boring to the true fan , but it's wearing thin with me as I'm starting to watch some other teams lately ( not that I'm rooting for them , i just like to see good baseball games ) , and their lineups don't have batters batting below .235 ...
  11. Blyleven2011
    Part of the bargain is giving the fans entertaining baseball , it hasn't been happening as we wait for the ball to be put in play and they continue not come up in the clutch ... I used to make calls when someone would hit a homerun in the past , I haven't called a homerun in a few years cause we don't truly have a consistent homerun hitter in the lineup ... We also don't have any consistent batters hitting singles or doubles ... If your going to strikeout in double digits every game , why don't they try and match that number with the same amount of hits ... I watched a game between Baltimore and Toronto this past weekend and no hitter was batting under .235 , it was a good game and Baltimore prevailed ...
  12. Blyleven2011
    As I said in a post yesterday or was it this morning ... I was worried Rocco would use J. lopez for relief again today if game was close ,,, Has anyone noticed besides me that Lopez has been terrible relieving a starter in the middle of an inning ,,, Seems like he gives up more hits when relieving with inherited runners on bases ... He pitches better at a start of an inning ... Why wasn't Stewart used again today after last night ,,, he hasn't given up a run as of yet and looks like he handles pressure from what I've seen ... I wanted Robertson for relief in the bullpen this off season , a veteran experienced pitcher would have gone along way and he has been very consistent throughout his career , TO BAD , SO SAD ... 13 strikeouts today , another bases loaded less than 2 outs and opportunity wasted .... What have you learned Dorothy , I THINK THE PLAYERS SHOULD GO SEE THE OZ AND ASK HIM for some heart and courage ... I think the manager and coaches should ask the OZ for a brain ... This road trip of 6 games were all winnable , but it ended as a disappointment ....
  13. Blyleven2011
    Great win with lots of hits and walks , lots of runners on the bases still hate seeing runners stranded at third with less than 2 outs ... Hopefully Buxtons injury is minor as I'm sure he will rest today against ohtani ... Worried that Rocco used Lopez , Stewart and Duran last night and today in a close game he will use all three again and they might not be as sharp in a 1 run lead with more pressure ... We need a series win ...
  14. Blyleven2011
    Contreras not on 40 man roster that i know of so someone would have to be waived or put on the 60 day IL list ... Let's start Buxton in centerfield and solve the problem and hopefully he stays healthy , He wouldn't have to play every game but a few home games would be nice to see him in person and add some excitement to the game ... If he gets injured , he gets injured , too bad so sad ....
  15. Blyleven2011
    Looks like we'll be talking again about the bullpen for quite awhile this season ... Will it ever change , injuries , over usage , performance meltdown ... Yes it has been a better start for the bullpen , one thing I noticed is that Jax is definitely being over used on consecutive days , he's walking more than last year ... Last year Rocco would let his starters go no more than 5 innings mostly and this year the starters are going 6 plus innings regularly , relief pitchers Rocco seemed to use every other day in 2022 and this year it seems to be 2 days in a row then a rested day , seems to me since the shortened 2020 season and lack of reps the FO and Rocco were protecting the pitchers from injuries through 2022 , now that they have been building up innings and strength since 2020 the FO and Rocco thinks it's safe to be more aggressive with the pitching and allow them more starter innings an using relief pitchers on a daily basis ... Just not enough quality experienced arms in the bullpen at the moment ... That what it seems to me ...
  16. Blyleven2011
    Who's on first , whats on second and I don't know who's on third ... 12 strikeouts , this is ridiculous , if Joe Ryan was pitching against the twins tonight it would have been a no hitter .... This team has no harmony , no vision , no clue what the right approach is other than swing for the homeruns and strike out .... Someone help Larnach , he has trouble with the curve ...
  17. Blyleven2011
    Should of woulda could of ... I like Jax and evidently Rocco does too but he is being used to much ( don't pitch him consecutive days ) 2 walks tonight against the angels , walks will haunt ... Rocco is handling pitchers differently than last year starters barely went beyond 5 innings , now they go 6 plus innings , relief pitchers he used primarily every other day last year , this year he is using relief pitchers on consecutive days ... so it seems the farther away from the shortened 2020 season , the more the FO and Rocco think the pitchers are less likely to be injured ( meaning they babied the pitchers to build up their strength over the past few years so now it's safe to overwork and pitch them more ) ... Yes we could of used an arm via free agency , look what the cost was to acquire an all-star J. Lopez at last year's deadline ...
  18. Blyleven2011
    I'd say alittle of both but tend to lean towards our professional coaches who should take the criticism ... I have said many times that the coaches have the talent but don't do anything to take that talent to another higher level ... Must be a easy job being a coach and getting a pay check too ...
  19. Blyleven2011
    My thoughts exactly after some of the prospects got traded at last year's deadline ... Let the good times roll in this tears draft , let's get a great pitcher if it's available ...
  20. Blyleven2011
    I've posted this many times and Miranda is the example here ... You need 3 years to evaluate a players performance before you know exactly what that player could be ... While everyone was excited by Miranda's performance in 2022 with the bat , he batted nicely after his 1 day demotion but faltered towards the end of the season , that raised concerns with me that he could struggle in 2023 , yes he had shoulder problems in spring and it could be a factor to his messed up swing ,,, he also toned up and added muscle which could have decreased his flexibility ... He looked dreadful and lost at defense and hitting and was hurting the team ... He may get it back for another try in the MLB but could be out of baseball in a few years , it's his future to get better ...
  21. Blyleven2011
    Pagan , is he still on the roster !!! Pagan can't throw strikes and when he does it is a disaster , no way should he be anywhere but at the bottom of the list or thank him for his service and don't let the door hit him on the way out ...
  22. Blyleven2011
    The boys of summer ... Boys will be boys ... They need to stand tall and be men ...
  23. Blyleven2011
    Definitely a Heartbreaker , this was a winnable series and we botched it ... I believe , but am always disappointed , the strategy never changes ... Who is accountable , the players , the hitting coach or the players manager or the plan of the FO ...
  24. Blyleven2011
    It's a clean sweep in yesterday's games as the twins also won against the dodgers ... It was a good day ...
  25. Blyleven2011
    The good ... Sonny Gray has been a good trade but gave up chase petty , Lopez has been okay but recently has lost his pin point control from his first five starts and cost us ( major leaguer ) arreaz a hitting machine ... The bad however you look at it , acquired for post season run ... Dyson the vacuum cleaner totally sucked in 2019 as he experienced injury right from the get go and cost the twins 3 fringe prospects at the deadline ... Mahle had injury concerns and we traded at deadline for him , he pitched a few good starts and became injured again , this season he's back and had some starts ( 5 ) with alittle success but lost to TJ surgery and the cost was Steer ( playing in majors with Cincinnati ) , Encarnacion-Strand a good looking hitter in minors and hajjar a left handed pitcher ... More bad , acquired during off season ... Maeda was another injury risk and the cost was graterol ... we got a short season of good pitching from maeda in 2020 , 2021 we got ( 21 ) starts that turned out to be mediocre pitching before his TJ surgery ... Paddock was injury prone and we traded Roger's and Rooker and got Paddock and Pagan in return , Paddock pitched decently to start the 2022 season but fell to his second TJ surgery , pagan was a disaster in his first season with the twins and nobody ( twins fans ) wanted him back for 2023 ... The cost or risk however you look at it was significant , have any of the trades helped the twins , the jury is still out on some but closed on others ... The question is , is the FO the smartest people in the room ...
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